Thank you for sharing. That sounds unfortunate for everyone involved, including the otter.

almost space

The Karman line totally counts as “space”. Not orbit, mind you, but definitely space.

Welcome to Lemmy!

really peculiar taste that I can only describe as lactose free milk if it tasted like it had aspartame

Okay yeah, that sounds similar to some of the stuff I’ve tried. It’s a beverage, possibly even a good one, but it’s not milk. I’m still waiting for when we can accurately and cheaply reproduce the sugars, proteins, and fats in cow milk, but without growing the rest of the cow.

Did you try it? I’ve tried a number of milkless milk substitutes and none of them hit the spot for me.

No, but magnets are, kind of by definition.

In the case of magnets, there’s also a risk of the objects attracting each other within the digestive system

Do not eat a magnet. Definitely do not eat two or more magnets, spaced a few hours apart.

Too soon.

reusing as much of the 1970’s shuttle tech as they can

And reusing the tech, but not the hardware. NASA are throwing four RS-25 shuttle engines (some of which flew multiple shuttle missions) into the ocean with every SLS launch.

Do we? It’s already years behind schedule, billions over budget, and doesn’t really have a use beyond Artemis. Also, the Exploration Upper Stage (one of the major planned upgrades) is being developed by… Boeing.

He’s definitely earned a break though :')

I wonder what CNBC is gonna say about that.

If they have integrity, they’ll issue a retraction/correction. However, I do not have high hopes.

that poor person who wrote the report up is probably going to get an earful.

LOL, yeah. I bet they never expected their report to get blown out of proportion to this extent.

although you’re username would certainly give the impression you’re just defending musk

I find it interesting that people automatically assume my username implies endorsement of the person.

Musk != SpaceX

Related, yes, but not equivalent.

What they should have is a proper method of containing this dirty water, filtering and extracting dangerous chemicals, and a proper way of disposing those.

It is also important to note that the dirtiness of the water may have been misreported. It seems possible that this story is based on two typos in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality report. The actual concentration of mercury may be 1000x lower.

while CNBC’s story claims there are “very large exceedances of the mercury” as part of the wastewater discharged at the site, all samples to-date have in fact shown either no detectable levels of mercury whatsoever or found in very few cases levels significantly below the limit the EPA maintains for drinking water.

I think this discrepancy may have been caused by a typo in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality report.

I highly suggest every one check out Common Sense Skeptic on YouTube

They lost their credibility as soon as they started hating on Musk for clicks and views. Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of valid criticism of Musk, but criticizing anything and everything related to Musk no matter what has become Common Sense Skeptic’s entire brand and business strategy. I don’t think they can be considered an unbiased party.

SpaceX said in its response on X that there were “no detectable levels of mercury” found in its samples. But SpaceX wrote in its permit application that its mercury concentration at one outfall location was 113 micrograms per liter. Water quality criteria in the state calls for levels no higher than 2.1 micrograms per liter for acute aquatic toxicity and much lower levels for human health.

Upon closer inspection, it seems possible that this discrepancy is based on two typos in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality report. The actual value may be closer to 0.113 micrograms per liter, not 113.

I’m curious to see where the mercury is coming from, why they’re using it, and how they’re going to address it

So was I. Upon closer inspection, it seems possible that this entire story is based on two typos in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality report.

for every actual thoughtful nuanced critique of SpaceX, there’s two dozen click bait articles written by glorified bloggers

This story may have been one of the latter.

Would you be more shocked to learn that it isn’t true? It is possible that this entire story is based on two typos in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality report.

mercury measurements 50x higher than the Texas maximum threshold for acute mercury toxicity

It is possible that this entire story is based on two typos in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality report.